Just As You Are!!!

Did you know Jesus loves you just as you are? Yep! It’s true…JUST AS YOU ARE!!!

Let’s begin with our sovereign Lord knows all that is taking place in your life. There are no secrets, there are no surprises, there is nothing about you or your thoughts that the Lord doesn’t already know and he still loves and wants you. Kind of freeing when you think about it.

You don’t need to try and change to come to God. You don’t need to get better; before you walk in those church doors or bend a knee in the sand or the forest bed. I’ve spoke before of the powerful sense of God I feel as I bow before his majestic ocean that roars with his strength and power or to look up in awe at the cathedral of trees standing tall and at attention in his forests.

He’s everywhere and he knows everything…Everything! Within the 4 gospels, it is recorded where Jesus, was looked down upon for hanging with the tax collectors and the sinners…(the alcoholic and drug addicts)…his reply was simple.

Mark 2:17 NCV “Jesus heard this and said to them, ‘It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, it is the sick. I did not come to invite good people but to invite the sinners.’

Luke 5:31-32 NCV “Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”

Oh, Did You See That??? Change, the word change…see, I have to change. No, YOU don’t, Jesus will do all the changing for you, you just need to ask and have the desire for change. I also must add, this will not feel like surgery or a severe weight loss program. Trust Me!!!

Matthew 11:28-30 NCV “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you is light.”

What is your burden? What load are you carrying? Look up and simply say one word “help”…

I know first hand the gentle help of our Lord, I had to be in the place of want before he was able to help me but once I got there…the help and strength is unexplainable. I raised 3 children alone but I was never alone the Lords hand was on that wagon handle right beside mine. I have overcome two addictions with nothing but determination and his strength every moment of those journeys. I have been married for 19 years, he has been the foundation and glue that has held us together through the rough spots. I have bowed on my knees sobbing when I heard (at the time) my 2 year old granddaughter had cancer. He held us up and we are walking one day at a time in blessed healing!!! I have a battle going on right now in Texas…is Jesus my hope for the end and beautiful outcome of this? Yes, He sure is!!! Were and are any of these battles easy? No!! Did I often look up in dazed confusion…Why??? Yes!!! But through it all I knew I would be delivered and whatever the journey and outcome I wouldn’t face it alone.

Whatever trials you have, whatever battles you are facing, whether it be: your health, family members, an addiction, your weight, a divorce or separation, the loss of a job, fear of losing your home, the death of a loved one, the list is personal but so is our God! He walked our earth as a man, in man form, feeling every emotion known to man and some we will never know.

So, please remember this; you don’t have to change your clothes, your hair, your makeup…any changes he wants and has for your life will come about as gently as the breeze that sways the flowers. You just have to have the desire and not try and do it alone…Philippians 4:13 NCV “I can do all things through Christ because He gives me strength.”

So the next time you think, I need to straighten up…simply look up!!! He’s there…He’s waiting…Have a most blessed day and thank you as always for joining me.🥰